It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they not only colonized the bulk of the world's people but they colonized the interpretation of history itself. Human history was rewritten to favor them at the expense of other people. The roots of modern racism can be traced to this conquest and colonization.

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John Henrik Clarke: "It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they not only colonized the bulk of the world's people but they colonized the interpretation of history itself. Human history was rewritten to favor them at the expense of other people. The roots of modern racism can be traced to this conquest and colonization."

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Bulk	Colonization	Colonized	Conquer
Conquest	Enough	Europeans	Expense
Favor	Forgotten	Gained	Gunpowder
History	Human	Interpretation	Itself
Maritime	Modern	Most	Often
Other	People	Racism	Rewritten
Roots	Skills	Them	Traced
World	Worlds

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It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they not only colonized the bulk of the world's people but they colonized the interpretation of history itself. Human history was rewritten to favor them at the expense of other people. The roots of modern racism can be traced to this conquest and colonization. - John Henrik Clarke